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REARING CHILDREN IN DIVINE FAVOR 253
s In this time of the end the world tends to turn
the impressionable mind of children in the wrong
direction . So the proverb bears repeating : "Foolishness
is bound in the heart of a child ; but the
rod of correction shall drive it far from him ."
Proverbs 22 :15 Unless properly taught and
guided by its guardians, the heart or mind of a
child will go in the way of worldly foolishness or
deadly folly. The child is not well acquainted with
this world and its selfish, wicked way . Also through
its parents the child has inherited sinfulness from
Adam. Satan and the demons, though cast out of
heaven, are yet alive and on the loose, and are
bent on mischief against everything related to
God and his Theocratic organization . Consequently
now, more than ever before, the minds and
hearts of children need Scriptural guidance and
protective knowledge to help them to right thinking
and acting. If parents are delinquent and let
a child run a foolish, evil course uncorrected, the
child mind or heart in its formative state will become
habituated in such folly . So do not let that
occur.
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If parents unwisely fail to correct the foolishly
inclining heart or mind of children while young
and manageable, then in the certain outworkings
of God's purposes a correction will catch up with
those children . They will not fare well, and parents
will have grief . "Withhold not correction
9. How can a child make foolishness a habit? What corrects
it?
10. What is the "rod of correction"? Why must it be
applied?